DEEP SKY OBJECTS

Groundbreaking supercomputer simulations explain why black holes are so bright

A team of computational astrophysicists has developed a simulation that explains the behavior of matter around black holes.
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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS appears to be covered in erupting 'icy volcanoes,' scientists say

A study has also concluded that the interior of 3I/ATLAS is rich in metal, which could challenge our current understanding of comet formation.
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5 mind-blowing discoveries NASA's James Webb Space Telescope made that Hubble Telescope couldn't

The James Webb captures a more panoramic image of stars and galaxies, spectacular visuals that were missed by most other observatories.
2 days ago

NASA's JWST discovers massive Milky Way-like spiral galaxy just 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang

The discovery comes as a surprise to scientists, as they believed the formation of such well-organized spiral galaxies took billions of years.
2 days ago

Asteroid Bennu samples contain 'key to happiness' among other fascinating things

Scientists have found a nutrient crucial to the production of serotonin in the asteroid samples.
3 days ago

53 massive quasars found blasting out jets 50 times the diameter of the Milky Way

These giant radio quasars belong to a group of 369 that was recently discovered by the Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope near Pune, India.
4 days ago

Groundbreaking finding: Objects near black hole Sagittarius A* are orbiting safely, not falling in after all

An international team of researchers observed four highly intriguing 'dust objects' using the ERIS instrument at the Very Large Telescope facility in Chile.
5 days ago

Black Holes: From unbelievable theory to observable reality

Delve into how black holes went from being mathematical curiosities to imaged phenomena
6 days ago

We've now detected 40,000 near-Earth asteroids, thousands more will be discovered soon

10,000 of the 40,000 were discovered in the last three years alone.
Nov 28, 2025

Stunning new image of Butterfly Nebula captured by Gemini South telescope in Chile

Located 2,500 to 3,800 light-years away in the Scorpius constellation, this nebula's unusual shape is a result of its central star shedding material.
Nov 27, 2025

Century-old mystery solved? Scientists may have 'seen' dark matter for the very first time

New data from a NASA space telescope hints that scientists may have finally captured the first direct glimpse of the mysterious substance.
Nov 26, 2025

Counting the comets: 2025’s discovery tally so far

Comet 3I/ATLAS might have stolen all the headlines, but it's far from the only comet that has been discovered this year.
Nov 22, 2025

Scientists finally track a hard-to-see companion orbiting aging red giant 400 times the size of our Sun

The discovery throws light on how giant or dying stars behave with their surroundings and other objects around them. 
Nov 18, 2025

Astronomers finally spotted what they were searching for decades—1st coronal mass ejection from another star

Scientists have spotted a red dwarf star about 130 light-years away ejecting an enormous amount of material into space.
Nov 13, 2025

Would a human survive falling into a black hole?

A black hole has a huge mass packed into an infinitely tiny space.
Nov 13, 2025

Astronomers were perplexed by 'impossible’ merger of two giant black holes—now they know how it happened

The huge collision was detected around 7 billion light-years away with huge masses and extreme black hole spins
Nov 11, 2025

Astronomers stunned as black hole eruption brighter than 10 trillion Suns sets new cosmic record

Data from the NSF-funded Zwicky Transient Facility pinpointed the energy source: J2245+3743, an active galactic nucleus 500 million times more massive than our Sun.
Nov 11, 2025

Astronomers stunned as JWST just spotted a 'Big Red Dot', a supermassive black hole devouring the early universe

Astronomers pinpointed BiRD near the extensively studied quasar J1030+0524, which resides at a distance of about 12.5 billion light-years from Earth.
Nov 5, 2025
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